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Query: EC:3.2.1.36 (hyaluronidase)
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Fourteen cases of "normal-sized ovary carcinoma syndrome" (diffuse metastatic malignant disease of the abdominal cavity of the female, with normal-sized ovaries, with no origin assigned definitively by intraoperative or preoperative evaluation, Feuer et al., 1989) were analyzed histologically, histochemically, immunohistochemically and ultrastructurally. Through these studies, 14 cases were divided into 11 primary peritoneal tumors (4 diffuse malignant mesotheliomas and 7 serous surface papillary carcinomas) and 3 metastatic peritoneal tumors (2 ovarian tumors and 1 appendicular tumor). To distinguish serous surface papillary carcinomas from epithelioid diffuse malignant mesotheliomas, examinations such as hyaluronidase digestion test, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemical studies using antibodies for Ber-EP4 and Vimentin were found to be useful. In order to achieve an accurate prognosis of normal-sized ovary carcinoma syndrome, it seems necessary for us to accumulate more information on this syndrome.
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PMID:[Normal-sized ovary carcinoma syndrome: histopathological analysis of 14 cases]. 784 50

From a total of 62,858 autopsy files kept over a 30-year period (1961-1990), all cases that met the following criteria were extracted: (a) main tumor masses in the peritoneum with no evidence of origin from any adjacent organ; (b) histologic features suggestive of serous ovarian carcinoma; (c) ovaries definitely recognizable as having either no tumorous involvement or tumor confined to the surface and cortex of the ovaries; and (d) in patients with a history of abdominal operations, availability of slides and reports. From 670 stages III and IV serous carcinomas of the ovary, we retrieved 57 cases (8%) of serous surface papillary carcinoma (SSPC) of the peritoneum. All SSPCs occurred in women with an age range from 47 to 84 years (median 66 years). Eight cases (14%) were grade I, 36 (63%) were grade II, and 13 (23%) were grade III. Histologically, four cases (7%) resembled malignant epithelial mesothelioma in major parts of the tumor, and in one case endometrioid differentiation of the tumor was conspicuous. Additional histochemical and immunohistochemical examinations were performed in 30 cases of SSPC. In 14 cases (47%) neutral mucosubstances were identified by periodic acid-Schiff positivity after diastase predigestion, and in 16 cases (53%) acid mucosubstances were identified by alcian blue staining. In one of these cases the alcian blue-positive substances were abolished under predigestion by testicular hyaluronidase. Tumor cells stained positive for cytokeratin (100% of the cases), B72.3 (90%), Ber-EP4 (83%), CD 15 (57%), placental alkaline phosphatase (53%), CA 125 (43%), vimentin (23%), and carcinoembryonic antigen (10%). The survival rates at 1 year for SSPC (0%) were significantly shorter (p = 0.03) in comparison with stages III and IV ovarian carcinomas (34%). Problems of definition and differential diagnosis of SSPC are discussed.
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PMID:Varieties of serous surface papillary carcinoma of the peritoneum in northern Germany: a thirty-year autopsy study. 859 33

A 71-year-old asbestos-exposed male with symptoms suggestive of asbestosis for the previous 8 years presented with abdominal distension and ascites. Clinically, a diagnosis of mesothelioma carcinoma was made. Light microscopy of an omental biopsy failed to advance the diagnosis: The tumor was a solid, papillary, and glandular neoplasm lacking mucin and hyaluronidase-sensitive Alcian blue staining material. Immunohistochemistry gave positive results for Ber-EP4, LeuM1, and CEA, markers, favoring carcinoma. Electron microscopy revealed processes in channels and lumina, which were long, slender, and uncoated with a length: diameter ratio of 19.7. A few possessed small rootlets. A glycocalyx and glycocalyceal bodies were not seen. Other features included tonofibrils, a basal lamina, and desmosomes. The patient died 3 months following the onset of abdominal symptoms. Autopsy findings included solid and papillary tumor throughout the peritoneum, but no intrinsic tumor of the gastrointestinal tract or elsewhere. Arriving at a final diagnosis was complicated by immunohistochemistry, which favored carcinoma, and ultrastructure, which suggested mesothelioma. Taking into account all lines of evidence, it was concluded that the tumor was probably a mesothelioma but one with some features developed to an extent more typical of carcinoma.
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PMID:Malignant epithelial mesothelioma of the peritoneum: observations on a problem case. 883 40

1. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is an autacoid that decreases proteoglycan synthesis, increases metalloprotease production by cultured chondrocytes, and can modulate some of the actions of interleukin-1 on cartilage. The objective of the present study was to characterize the subtype of prostaglandin E2 receptor present in bovine chondrocytes in culture. 2. Primary cultures of articular chondrocytes were prepared from slices of bovine carpal cartilage by sequential digestion with type III hyaluronidase, trypsin, type II collagenase, followed by overnight incubation in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) with type II collagenase, washing, and seeding at a density of 2 x 10(5) cells cm-2 in DMEM with 10% foetal bovine serum. 3. PGE2 and carbaprostacyclin induced dose-dependent increases in intracellular cyclic AMP in bovine chondrocytes in culture. The potencies of these compounds were different, and maximal doses of PGE2 and carbaprostacyclin had an additive effect. PGD2 induced a small increase in intracellular cyclic AMP only at a high concentration (10(-5) M). 4. PGE2 was more potent that the EP2 agonist 11-deoxy-PGE1 at inducing increases in intracellular cyclic AMP. The EP2 agonist butaprost, however, induced only a small increase at a concentration of 10(-5)M. 17-Phenyl-PGE2 (EP1 agonist), sulprostone and MB 28767 (15S-hydroxy-9-oxo-16-phenoxy-omega-tetranorprost-13E-enoic acid) (EP3 agonists) did not induce an increase in intracellular cyclic AMP at concentrations up to 10(-5)M. 5. The EP4 antagonist AH 23848B ([1 alpha(Z),2 beta, 5 alpha]-(+/-) -7-[5-[[(1,1'-biphenyl)-4-yl]methoxyl-2-(4-morpholinyl) -3-oxocyclopentyl]-5-heptenoic acid) antagonized PGE2 but not carbaprostacyclin effects on intracellular cyclic AMP. The Schild plot slope was different from 1 but this could be due to an interaction of PGE2 with IP receptors in high doses. The exact nature of the antagonism by compound AH 23848B could not be definitely established in these experimental conditions. 6. Neither PGE2 nor any of its analogues inhibited the increase in intracellular cyclic AMP induced by forskolin, and pertussis toxin did not alter the response to PGE2, suggesting that no Gi-coupled PGE2 receptors are present in these cells. Stimulation with PGE2 did not induce significant increases in intracellular inositol-trisphosphate levels nor increases in intracellular free calcium as determined by confocal microscopy, suggesting the absence of phospholipase-C-coupled or of calcium channel-coupled PGE2 receptors in bovine chondrocytes in these experimental conditions. 7. These results show for the first time that bovine chondrocytes in culture present a functional PGE2 receptor that has some pharmacological characteristics of an EP4 subtype, as well as an IP receptor.
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PMID:Characterization of the PGE2 receptor subtype in bovine chondrocytes in culture. 884 20

In the 1960s, a close relationship between heavy exposures to crocidolite asbestos and mesothelioma was established. The debate on the diagnosis of mesothelioma became complicated because of the possibility of litigation. Well differentiated mesothelioma cells are mucicarmine negative but alcian blue and periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) positive, which are removed by hyaluronidase and diastase digestion. By electron microscopy (EM), they show bush-like elongated, slender, and branching microvilli. By immunohistochemistry they express both keratin and vimentin but not carcinoembryonic antigenicity (CEA), B72.3, Ber-EP4, and Leu-M1. In poorly differentiated mesotheliomas, chromosomal and molecular biological alterations are common and complex but these alterations also overlap with that of poorly differentiated tumours of the lung and other organs. A poorly differentiated pleural tumour is most likely metastatic and needs good team work to locate the primary site. The diagnosis of a mesothelioma and asbestosis should be established separately. Future studies will be focused less on the phenotypic differences but more on the broad molecular and multi-phasic mechanisms of carcinogenesis, irrespective of the aetiological agents, in poorly differentiated tumours.
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PMID:Pleural mesothelioma: an approach to diagnostic problems. 944 Nov 14